We are Oregonians. Summer starts when the weather gets warm, or the beginning of May - whichever comes first - and ends the end of September. Always. The weather has changed for the year, today it was sprinkly and cold. As I walked to the bus after work, I passed lots of people wearing shorts, or tank tops, or sandals, probably people wearing all of the above. Because we don't change to fall/winter clothes 'till the end of the month.
I didn't think I would see the weather change here in Oregon again, at least not for a few years. But it has happened, I am not in Mexico to see the rainy season come, or even in NorCal to see the californians don thier snow parkas because it dropped below 60 degrees over night. I am here watching Northwesterners slosh around in the rain in summer clothes. It's humorous! It's our culture! It's football, Oktoberfest, yellow and orange leaves, Friday Nite Flights at high school games, the leak in my driver's side window, lighting the pilot light in the fire place. I like it, for a while. For today. But I got spoiled by the dry, semi-warm winters in California, even though I miss the rain there. So... here I am in the wet and cold again, that I didn't think I'd see this year. But asi es. Maybe it will be the cold weather when I go to Mexico - December, January - maybe it will be getting hot again - March, April. Maybe I will be in the "cold season" in Central America for Christmas (although I can't imagine El Salvador EVER being cold, we'll see) or maybe I will be here hanging ice-sicle lights in the rain the day after Thanksgiving. Push through it!
Feliz dia de Independencia ayer para mis catrachos y guanacas, y hoy para los mejicanos!!
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